Pokemon Go Launches in Italy, Spain and Portugal

Pokémon Go has been rolled out in Spain, Italy, and Portugal even as it has caused furor on Chinese social media.

After being launched in the United Kingdom and Germany earlier, Pokémon Go has now been rolled out in more European countries like Italy, Spain, and Portugal.

Thanks to the unprecedented popularity, the augmented reality game has continued to mesmerize gaming aficionados. No wonder it’s been topping the App Store charts worldwide.

Pokemon Go Launches in Italy, Spain and Portugal

The augmented-reality geocaching nature of the game has caused a lot of controversies as well. According to Chinese social media, the game has been developed to reveal the hidden Chinese military bases.

“The theory is that if Nintendo places rare Pokémon in areas where they see players aren’t going, and nobody attempts to capture the creature, it can be deduced that the location has restricted access and could be a military zone.

“Then, when war breaks out, Japan and the U.S. can easily target their guided missiles, and China will have been destroyed by the invasion of a Japanese-American game.” A social media post circulated on Weibo said.”

By spreading Pokémon’s across the map, developers will be able to find out where Pokémon’s have not been caught; thereby revealing the hidden areas. Though government officials are yet to respond to this obscure conspiracy theory.

The game is yet to launch in China. Pokémon Go’s mapping system is driven by Google which Chinese services have been blocked by the Great Firewall. Hence, there is doubt if it could ever be released in the world’s largest smartphone market.